9-letter words containing a, n, k, l
- monk seal — a small, dark brown, subtropical seal of the genus Monachus: the three species, M. tropicalis of the Caribbean, M. schauinslandi of Hawaiian island regions, and M. monachus of the Mediterranean, are endangered.
- moon walk — a walk on the moon
- moonwalks — Plural form of moonwalk.
- multibank — of or involving more than one bank
- nail-sick — iron-sick.
- necklaces — Plural form of necklace.
- nikolayev — a city in S Ukraine, in the SW on the Bug River.
- non-black — a person who is not of a Black race
- nonblacks — Plural form of nonblack.
- nontalker — a person who does not talk, whether a small child who does not yet talk or an adult who is not talkative
- northlake — a city in NE Illinois: suburb of Chicago.
- nukualofa — a Polynesian kingdom consisting of three groups of islands in the S Pacific, NE of New Zealand: a former British protectorate. About 270 sq. mi. (700 sq. km). Capital: Nukualofa.
- oklahoman — a state in the S central U.S. 69,919 sq. mi. (181,090 sq. km). . Capital: Oklahoma City. Abbreviation: OK (for use with zip code), Okla.
- outflanks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outflank.
- permalink — a permanent URL that links to a specific web page, typically a single blog entry or news article.
- pink lady — a cocktail made with gin, grenadine, and the white of eggs, shaken and strained before serving.
- plainwork — simple needlework, such as hemming, as distinct from fancywork
- plantlike — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- plekhanov — Georgi (or Georgy) Valentinovich [gyi-awr-gyee-vuh-lyin-tyee-nuh-vyich] /gyɪˈɔr gyi və lyɪnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1857–1918, Russian philosopher and leader of the Mensheviks.
- pokelogan — marshy or stagnant water that has branched off from a stream or lake.
- polokwane — a town in NE South Africa, the capital of Limpopo province: commercial and agricultural centre. Pop: 90 398 (2001)
- pull rank — a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.
- quakingly — In a quaking fashion, especially with fear.
- rackingly — in a racking manner
- rail link — a rail connection, as between two main routes
- ranchlike — resembling or characteristic of a ranch
- raskolnik — a member of any of several sects founded by dissenters from the Russian Orthodox Church who opposed the liturgical reforms of Nikon in the 17th century.
- ravenlike — resembling a raven
- sakuntala — a Sanskrit drama written in the 6th century or earlier by Kalidasa.
- salt junk — salted beef or pork.
- sand leek — a Eurasian alliaceous plant, Allium scorodoprasum, having reddish-pink flowers, purple bulbils, and a garlic-like bulb
- seakindly — sailing easily in a rough sea.
- shakingly — the act of a person or thing that shakes.
- sickleman — a person reaping with a sickle
- silkaline — a soft, thin cotton fabric with a smooth finish, for curtains, bedspreads, garment linings, etc.
- slackener — a person who, or something which, slackens
- slackness — not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope.
- slam dunk — basketball: score from above rim
- slam-dunk — Basketball. to dunk (the ball) with great force.
- slavenska — Mia [mee-ah] /ˈmi ɑ/ (Show IPA), (Mia Corak) 1914?–2002, U.S. dancer and choreographer, born in Yugoslavia.
- slavyansk — a city in E central Ukraine, NW of Donetsk.
- slingback — Also called sling. a woman's shoe with an open back and a strap or sling encircling the heel of the foot to keep the shoe secure.
- slovakian — a republic in central Europe: formerly a part of Czechoslovakia; under German protection 1939–45; independent since 1993. 18,931 sq. mi. (49,035 sq. km). Capital: Bratislava.
- snake fly — any neuropterous insect of the family Raphidiidae, of western North America, having an elongated prothorax resembling a neck.
- snake oil — any of various liquid concoctions of questionable medical value sold as an all-purpose curative, especially by traveling hucksters.
- snakelike — any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas.
- snap link — a link with a latchlike opening through which another link or catch can be fitted.
- snowflake — one of the small, feathery masses or flakes in which snow falls.
- soakingly — so as to saturate or soak
- soil bank — a plan providing cash payments to farmers who cut production of certain surplus crops in favor of soil-enriching ones.